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Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... "Seriously, one more comment about human rights... it's about human life. Their views have no basis in science, fact or law." Now it's a disaster. A state of disaster, that is. As the AFR explains: "Under a state of disaster, police have extra ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Australian housing values continued to decline for the third consecutive month in July and are set to drop even further when government support winds down, according to the latest research from CoreLogic. CoreLogic's home value index dropped 0.6% last ...

AMP, BT and CBA to face class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
A new class action from Shine Lawyers alleges that more than half a million Australians were charged excessive insurance premiums by financial advisers aligned with AMP, BT and Commonwealth Bank. Proceedings have already been filed against AMP, which ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... after meeting Barnden when he delivered a guest lecture at La Trobe University in July 2019, where O'Donnell is studying law. Barnden was speaking to the law students about the McVeigh v Rest case and O'Donnell was so interested in the matter ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... those who support the class action." "They're confident they're right, we're confident they're wrong. The law will decide," Macdonald said. "You don't take legal action unless you think you can win."

Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... until September but it has now been extended until the end of 2020. But, Maurice Blackburn insurance and financial services law principal Josh Mennen said the FSC's extension doesn't go far enough. "It's only after JobKeeper ends that we ...

Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... said it will no longer deal with unlicensed, fee-charging debt management provides. "Debt vultures exploit loopholes in the law to prey on the vulnerable and target those in desperate need," Consumer Action Law chief executive Gerard Brody said. "All ...

Westpac discovers additional transaction irregularities

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Westpac's money laundering woes continue to worsen, with the bank today announcing it has uncovered hundreds of thousands of additional transactions of $10,000 or more that are "incomplete or inaccurate" to AUSTRAC. After further investigation, the ...

New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... class members in funded class actions, but that could just be achieved by implementing the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission." "I think the government's intention to protect the interests of class members can be achieved through ...

Domestic violence super reforms stall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... in abusive relationships and their partners are hiding their superannuation assets and getting away with it because family law judgements can only be made on visible assets," she said. "This is a real issue because superannuation is often the biggest ...